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mars is 2.38* 108km from the sun. light takes 7.6*102seconds to reach mars . earth is 1.568km from the sun. how long does light take to reach rach the earth

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For a fixed speed, the distance covered and time taken to cover the distance are in direct proportion.

Thus, time taken by light to reach Earth from Sun is approximately 4.98 × 102 sec.

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it takes 8 min for light to reach the earth..

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but how!!!!!

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                                Mars                 Earth

 distance ( km ) -  2.38 x 108 - 1.56 x 108

time ( seconds) - 7.6 x 102 - - - x

238000000/760 = 156000000/x

23800000*x = 156000000*76

x = 11856000000/23800000

x = 498.151260504202 seconds

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